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The Civil War Diary Of Sarah Butler Wister, Dezlen Long Jul 2024

The Civil War Diary Of Sarah Butler Wister, Dezlen Long

People and Places

From April 15, 1861, to September 4, 1861, Sarah Butler Wister, daughter of actress Fanny Kemble and member of the Wister family, kept a diary that detailed the events of the Civil War and her views on the matter. Over the course of the five-month long diary, Sarah introduces a multitude of people connected to both her personal life and the ongoing war while keeping track of the war’s events and the news cycles that soon followed. While the diary ends abruptly, we know that years later excerpts from it were published with the diarist’s permission by her mother.


The Black Press And Late Imperial Russia, Benjamin Pierce May 2024

The Black Press And Late Imperial Russia, Benjamin Pierce

History Undergraduate Honors Theses

For centuries, western observers had looked to Russia and seen a place fundamentally different from their home countries. In their accounts, Russia was distinctly oppressive, a state characterized by tyranny, barbarism, and Mongolian influence. But these accounts were faulty. They were written by merchants, diplomats, and explorers, wealthy white men who had never experienced the kind of repression they witnessed in Russia. When Black Americans looked to Russia, however, they saw a place fundamentally similar to the United States. Both countries were large, multiethnic empires driven by territorial acquisition and fueled by forced labor. By tracing the coverage of Russia …


The Black American Revolution: The American Revolution As Experienced By African Americans, Amy Kurian Jan 2024

The Black American Revolution: The American Revolution As Experienced By African Americans, Amy Kurian

Swarthmore Undergraduate History Journal

This paper focuses on how the American Revolution mobilized the enslaved and free black population in a way that constitutes a "Black American Revolution." In particular, the enslaved population engaged in multiple efforts for freedom, ranging from fighting in the Revolutionary War to writing petitions to state legislatures. First, I present how the "slavery metaphor" propagated by white Loyalists indicates the inherent differences in how the white and black populations experienced the Revolution. There is an overall discussion of the various methods the enslaved used in their attempts to gain freedom: military service, slave petitions, freedom suits, and escape. I …


A Short Account Of That Part Of Africa Inhabited By The Negroes, Anthony Benezet, Paul Royster , Ed. Jan 2024

A Short Account Of That Part Of Africa Inhabited By The Negroes, Anthony Benezet, Paul Royster , Ed.

Zea E-Books in American Studies

Anthony Benezet scoured the available English literature of colonial exploitation for evidence of the humanity of the trafficked Africans and the inhumanity of the European traders in human beings. He compiled and published this Short Account in 1762 to present the case for termination of the trans-Atlantic transportation of kidnapped Africans, for abolition of slavery and the slave trade, and for emancipation of the enslaved persons held in bondage in North America and elsewhere. Drawing on Scottish moral philosophy, British Whig ideology, and, most importantly, on New Testament gospel teachings, Benezet presented both reasoned and impassioned appeals for the recognition …


Peeling Back The Wallpaper, Abby Cornelius Dec 2023

Peeling Back The Wallpaper, Abby Cornelius

English

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Entry Nr. 031 Un-Named African Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 031 Un-Named African Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 034 Bartholomäus, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 034 Bartholomäus, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 032 Un-Named African Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 032 Un-Named African Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 038 Un-Named Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 038 Un-Named Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 043 Un-Named Brother Of The Amina King, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 043 Un-Named Brother Of The Amina King, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 037 Un-Named Fula Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 037 Un-Named Fula Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 042 Un-Named Amina Merchant, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 042 Un-Named Amina Merchant, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 040 Sanjam Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 040 Sanjam Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 039 Un-Named Mangree Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 039 Un-Named Mangree Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 052 Un-Named Tembu (Or Temba) Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 052 Un-Named Tembu (Or Temba) Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

No abstract provided.


Entry Nr. 047 Un-Named Akropon Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 047 Un-Named Akropon Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

No abstract provided.


Entry Nr. 045 Un-Named Amina Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 045 Un-Named Amina Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

No abstract provided.


Entry Nr. 046 Un-Named Akyem Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 046 Un-Named Akyem Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

No abstract provided.


Entry Nr. 048 Un-Named Okwa Or Okoi Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 048 Un-Named Okwa Or Okoi Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

No abstract provided.


Entry Nr. 051 Un-Named Tembu (Or Temba) Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 051 Un-Named Tembu (Or Temba) Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

No abstract provided.


Entry Nr. 053 Un-Named Tembu (Or Temba) Merchant, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 053 Un-Named Tembu (Or Temba) Merchant, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

No abstract provided.


Entry Nr. 054 Un-Named Tchamba Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 054 Un-Named Tchamba Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

No abstract provided.


Entry Nr. 055 First Un-Named Sokko Or Asokko Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 055 First Un-Named Sokko Or Asokko Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

No abstract provided.


Entry Nr. 056 Second Un-Named Sokko Or Asokko Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 056 Second Un-Named Sokko Or Asokko Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

No abstract provided.


Entry Nr. 060 Third Un-Named Pappa (Popo) Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 060 Third Un-Named Pappa (Popo) Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

No abstract provided.


Entry Nr. 058 First Un-Named Pappa (Popo) Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 058 First Un-Named Pappa (Popo) Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

No abstract provided.


Entry Nr. 062 First Un-Named Watje Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 062 First Un-Named Watje Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

No abstract provided.


Entry Nr. 063 Second Un-Named Watje Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 063 Second Un-Named Watje Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

No abstract provided.


Entry Nr. 061 Un-Named Allada Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 061 Un-Named Allada Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

No abstract provided.


Entry Nr. 064 First Un-Named Watje Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 064 First Un-Named Watje Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

No abstract provided.